1 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
7 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
9 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
11 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
14 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
15 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
17 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
19 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
20 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
21 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
22 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
23 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
24 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
25 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
26 right places in the document, closes: #172897
27 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
31 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
33 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
34 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
35 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
36 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
37 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
38 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
39 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
41 - editorial changes on material added in this version
42 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
43 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
44 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
45 closes: #139957, #108416
46 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
47 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
49 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
51 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
54 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
56 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
57 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
58 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
59 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
61 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
62 for best practices for documentation
63 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
64 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
65 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
66 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
70 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
72 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
75 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
76 descriptions" moved under there
77 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
78 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
79 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
80 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
81 the document where these tools are discussed
82 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
83 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
84 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
85 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
86 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
87 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
89 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
90 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
91 that can be fixed by DDP folks
92 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
93 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
94 - simply PS and PDF building rules
96 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
98 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
101 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
102 section and adjusted links
103 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
105 - ChangeLog attribution updates
106 - fix typos, closes: #171781
107 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
108 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
109 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
110 for debian/rules", and write an intro
111 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
112 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
113 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
114 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
115 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
116 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
117 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
118 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
119 "Internationalization"
120 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
121 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
122 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
123 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
124 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
125 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
126 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
127 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
128 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
130 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
131 rather useless and broken
132 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
133 names and the first word
134 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
135 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
136 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
138 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
139 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
140 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
142 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
144 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
147 - DDP publishing update
149 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
150 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
151 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
152 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
154 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
156 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
159 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
160 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
161 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
163 - added myself as co-author
164 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
166 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
167 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
169 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
170 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
174 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
177 - Corrected several errors with —
178 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
179 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
180 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
181 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
182 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
183 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
184 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
186 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
187 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
188 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
189 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
190 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
191 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
192 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
193 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
194 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
196 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
197 descriptions". closes: #158609
198 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
199 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
200 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
201 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
202 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
204 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
205 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
206 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
207 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
208 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
209 - updated the mailing lists section
211 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
212 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
217 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
220 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
221 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
223 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
225 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
226 Ch "The Debian Archive"
228 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
230 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
231 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
232 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
233 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
234 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
236 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
237 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
238 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
239 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
240 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
241 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
242 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
244 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
245 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
248 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
249 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
250 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
251 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
252 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
253 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
254 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
255 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
256 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
257 work-around with <...>
258 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
259 - update copyright date
260 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
261 - spell check and grammar corrections
265 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
267 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
268 recompile"; closes: #102626
269 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
270 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
271 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
272 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
273 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
275 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
276 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
277 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
279 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
281 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
282 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
283 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
284 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
285 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
286 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
287 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
288 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
289 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
291 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
293 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
295 - updated the list of available architectures.
296 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
297 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
298 of the package and nothing more.
299 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
300 any pain to the ftpmasters.
301 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
302 the use of the delayed queue.
303 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
304 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
306 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
307 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
308 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
309 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
310 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
311 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
312 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
314 - new Sec "Documentation"
315 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
316 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
317 "Being kind to porter" too
318 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
319 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
320 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
321 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
322 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
324 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
325 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
328 - update French translation
330 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
332 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
335 - some grammar corrections
336 - update French translation
338 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
339 anymore; closes: #135559
340 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
342 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
344 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
345 that would be welcome)
346 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
347 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
348 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
349 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
350 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
351 - other minor wording changes
352 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
353 - Ch "Package uploads":
354 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
355 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
356 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
357 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
358 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
359 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
360 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
364 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
366 * from Martin Michlmayr
367 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
368 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
369 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
371 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
373 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
375 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
377 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
378 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
379 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
382 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
384 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
387 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
389 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
392 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
394 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
395 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
396 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
397 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
398 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
399 talking about uploading to distributions
400 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
401 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
402 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
404 - French translation updated
406 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
407 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
408 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
410 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
412 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
415 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
416 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
419 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
421 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
424 * fix a typo in a link
425 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
426 update documentation accordingly
428 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
429 forwarding bugs upstream
431 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
432 entities which should be used
433 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
434 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
436 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
438 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
440 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
441 * French version: completely up-to-date now
442 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
443 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
445 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
448 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
450 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
452 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
454 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
455 this translation needs updating
456 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
457 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
458 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
460 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
461 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
462 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
464 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
465 included yet, however
467 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
469 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
471 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
473 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
474 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
476 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
480 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
482 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
483 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
484 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
486 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
490 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
493 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
494 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
495 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
496 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
497 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
498 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
499 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
500 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
501 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
502 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
503 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
504 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
506 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
507 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
508 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
509 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
510 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
512 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
514 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
515 * update copyright notice for 2001
516 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
517 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
518 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
520 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
522 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
524 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
526 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
528 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
530 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
532 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
534 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
535 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
537 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
538 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
539 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
540 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
541 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
542 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
543 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
544 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
545 could be used if necessary
546 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
547 mention the rsync dupload method
548 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
550 * other small corrections
551 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
552 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
553 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
554 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
556 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
558 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
559 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
563 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
565 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
566 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
567 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
568 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
570 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
571 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
572 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
573 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
574 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
576 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
578 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
579 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
580 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
581 team (closes: Bug#52906)
582 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
583 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
584 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
586 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
587 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
588 - added a section about the LDAP database
589 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
590 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
592 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
593 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
595 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
597 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
599 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
600 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
601 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
603 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
604 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
605 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
606 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
607 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
608 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
609 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
610 description from developers-reference.sgml
612 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
614 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
616 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
617 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
619 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
621 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
622 releases are available at archive.debian.org
623 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
624 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
625 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
626 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
627 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
628 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
629 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
630 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
632 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
633 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
634 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
635 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
637 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
638 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
639 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
640 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
641 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
642 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
643 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
644 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
645 suggestion from James Troup
646 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
647 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
648 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
649 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
652 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
654 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
656 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
657 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
659 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
661 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
663 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
664 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
665 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
666 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
667 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
668 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
669 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
671 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
673 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
675 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
676 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
677 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
678 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
679 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
680 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
682 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
683 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
685 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
689 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
691 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
693 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
694 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
695 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
696 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
697 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
699 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
700 with intro; demoted server sections under that
701 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
702 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
704 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
705 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
706 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
707 a normal developer may have access.
709 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
711 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
713 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
714 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
715 step all over each other
717 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
719 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
721 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
722 address for PGP key updates
724 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
726 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
728 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
729 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
730 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
731 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
732 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
736 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
738 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
739 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
740 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
741 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
742 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
743 <keyring-maint> instead)
744 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
745 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
747 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
749 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
750 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
751 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
753 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
755 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
757 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
758 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
759 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
760 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
761 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
762 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
764 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
765 tighten up the language a bit
766 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
767 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
768 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
769 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
771 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
772 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
773 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
774 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
775 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
776 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
778 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
779 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
780 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
781 about how to depart Debian gracefully
782 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
783 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
784 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
785 number of available packages
786 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
787 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
789 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
791 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
793 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
798 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
800 * not officially released
801 * more spelling corrections
802 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
804 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
806 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
808 * not officially released
809 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
810 * some PGP-centricity removed
811 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
812 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
813 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
814 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
815 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
816 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
818 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
820 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
822 * not officially released
823 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
824 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
825 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
826 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
827 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
828 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
829 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
830 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
831 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
832 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
833 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
834 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
835 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
836 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
838 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
839 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
841 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
843 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
844 take a couple of weeks
845 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
846 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
847 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
848 excited about it and can't wait
849 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
850 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
852 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
853 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
855 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
856 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
857 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
861 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
863 * move to 3-level version number:
864 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
865 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
866 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
867 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
868 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
871 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
872 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
873 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
875 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
877 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
878 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
879 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
880 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
881 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
882 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
884 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
886 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
887 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
888 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
889 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
890 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
891 - "The CVS server": new section added
892 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
894 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
895 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
896 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
897 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
898 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
900 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
901 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
902 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
903 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
904 a canonical location?)
905 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
906 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
907 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
908 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
910 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
912 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
913 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
914 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
915 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
917 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
919 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
921 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
922 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
923 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
924 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
925 them. (closes Bug#26948)
926 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
927 and should not be included in this Reference.
928 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
929 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
930 maintainer tools only!
931 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
932 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
933 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
934 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
935 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
936 * Little corrections here and there.
937 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
938 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
941 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
943 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
945 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
946 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
947 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
949 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
950 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
951 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
952 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
953 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
954 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
955 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
956 do prior to uploading
957 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
958 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
960 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
961 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
962 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
963 duties with respect to bugs
964 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
965 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
966 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
968 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
969 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
970 * grammar and markup changes throughout
971 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
972 explicit what is used to build this package
974 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
976 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
979 * version number and date are automatically populated now
980 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
981 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
982 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
983 * utilize the new URL tag
984 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
987 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
989 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
991 * non-maintainer release
992 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
993 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
994 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
995 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
996 text, it can't hurt you.)
997 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
998 reflect this packages version number
999 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1001 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1003 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1007 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1009 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1011 * New version numbering scheme:
1013 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1014 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1015 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1018 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1019 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1020 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1021 differ between the manuals.
1023 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1024 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1025 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1026 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1028 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1029 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1031 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1033 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1035 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1039 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1040 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1042 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1043 (as requested by James Troup)
1045 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1047 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1049 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1051 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1055 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1057 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1059 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1060 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1061 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1062 the non-maintainer release
1064 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1065 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1066 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1069 - Lots of typos fixed
1071 * Compressed SGML source code
1073 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1074 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1076 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1078 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1080 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1083 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1084 - Announcing package uploads
1085 * New section about Debian Mentors
1086 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1087 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1088 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1089 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1091 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1093 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1096 of our FTP server and the development process
1097 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1098 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1099 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1101 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1102 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1103 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1104 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1105 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1106 contacting the maintainer
1107 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1108 a new manual released soon)
1109 * Some minor changes
1110 * Include SGML source in package
1111 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1112 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1114 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1116 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1120 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200